Alleghany showed Staunton River boys soccer a physical match on Friday, April 15. The Golden Eagles dominated the field defeating the Mountaineers 5-1.
“It easily could have been a different result,” said Coach Kris McCoy.

The Staunton River girls soccer team dominated the action and defeated Alleghany 9-1 on Friday, April 15. “We ended the game after 70 minutes,” said Coach Jeff D’Auito.
The Lady Eagles went up 4-0 in the first half and possessed the action for more than 50 percent of the first half. River took 13 shots on goal, passed up the field 32 times and fouled five times during the first half.

Sam and Ashley Gardner, who run Gardner Heifers Inc., got a new tractor, Friday. The Farmall 50A was part of their prize package for being the runners-up in a national Farm Bureau competition held in January.

Although electric usage rates will stay the same for town electric customers, the monthly base rates they pay are going up, effective July 1.
The monthly customer charge will rise from the current $13.28 to $20. The electric department has 5,680 customers and this increase will generate $458,000 in additional revenue.

The architects and consultants working on plans for the new middle school in the Liberty zone now have direction as to what that school should look like, following Thursday night’s meeting of the Bedford County School Board.

During a briefing on the progress of the design of the school, board members unanimously agreed to go with a more traditional look for the school -- one that incorporates a similar look to the front of the current Bedford Middle School.

The architects and consultants working on plans for the new middle school in the Liberty zone now have direction as to what that school should look like, following Thursday night’s meeting of the Bedford County School Board.
During a briefing on the progress of the design of the school, board members unanimously agreed to go with a more traditional look for the school -- one that incorporates a similar look to the front of the current Bedford Middle School.

There are very few certainties in life. One of those, however, is that Tax Day comes around each year. By the time the April 18th deadline passes to submit 2015 tax returns, millions of Americans will have experienced our broken tax code firsthand yet again. A very appropriate quote by an unknown author sums up the feelings of many during tax season: “People who complain about taxes can be divided into two classes: men and women.”